Geography11 - Political Geography

How and why states are organized into regional groupings, both formally (e.g. the European Union) and informally (e.g. the Third World)
The relationship between states and former colonies, and how these are propagated over time
The relationship between a government and its people
The relationships between states including international trades and treaties
The functions, demarcations and policings of boundaries
How imagined geographies have political implications
The influence of political power on geographical space